Monday, North West Daily Bulletin

North West Daily Bulletin 14-10-24

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00:00The M65 has reopened following a crash this morning. The motorway was closed westbound

00:05from Junction 4, Darwin Blackburn South, to Junction 3, Blackburn West Wheelton, while

00:11emergency services responded. Lancashire Police said the accident was damage only and no one

00:17was seriously injured. Blackpool's £2 billion regeneration programme

00:21is bringing a city-like atmosphere to the resort thanks to projects including the new

00:26Holiday Inn and civil service offices. That was the verdict as councillors were given

00:32a rundown of the money already being invested in the town.

00:38A barrified man has surpassed the halfway point of his mission to climb all 214 Wainwright

00:45peaks in the Lake District. Joel Maiden, an amputee, is fundraising for Pendleside Hospice.

00:51He aims to complete his challenge, the one-legged Wainwright, by next June and has already exceeded

00:58his initial target of £5,000. A schoolboy has been accused of carrying out

01:04four robberies in Wigan when he was only 14. The Skelmersdale youngster, now only 15, appeared

01:11before Borough Justices to plead guilty to robbing four named males of cash, iPhones,

01:17chips, iPods, trainers totalling more than £2,200 in late October and early November

01:24last year. Police have put out an appeal following reports

01:29of a man trying to get into properties in Morecambe. Over the last few weeks, police

01:33have received reports of a male approaching the back of properties in the Bear and Torresolme

01:37area between 6pm and 11pm and attempting to gain access.

01:43As for the weather, the region looks set for warmer conditions as the week goes on,

01:48although this may bring some wet conditions to the coastal areas.